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Smoking Prevalence Among U.S. Adults, 1955-2013

Although cigarette smoking continues to decline in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control report that more than 3,200 people younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette each day. For those 18 years and older, find the smoking use data below.

Year

Overall Population

Males

Females

Whites

Blacks

1955

-

56.9%

28.4%

-

-

1965

42.4%

51.9

33.9

42.1%

45.8%

1970

37.4

44.1

31.5

37.0

41.4

1980

33.2

37.6

29.3

32.9

36.9

1990

25.5

28.4

22.8

25.6

26.2

2000

23.3

25.7

21.0

24.1

23.2

2002

22.5

25.2

20.0

23.6

22.4

2003

21.6

24.1

19.2

22.7

21.5

2004

20.9

23.4

18.5

22.2

20.2

2007

20.8

23.9

18.0

21.9

23.0

2010

19.3

21.5

17.3

21.0

20.6

2013

17.8

20.5

15.3

19.4

18.3

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web: www.cdc.gov.